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Northern Ridge Baptist Church Sunday Morning Worship December 22, 2013 4th Sunday of Advent: The Angels Proclaim God’s Love **Indicates where the congregation should stand Bold-faced type indicates where the congregation should recite in unison. Prayer of Invocation All glory to you, great God, for the gift of your Son, light in darkness and hope of the world, whom you sent to save us. With singing angels let us praise your name and tell the earth his story, that all may believe, rejoice, and bow down, acknowledging your love through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, © 2004, CRC Publications. CCLI #2805616
Prelude **Call to Worship Let us praise our Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! At Christmas Jesus came as a baby. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! He came to be like us because he loves us. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! He came to save us from our sin. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! He died, rose from the dead, and lives in heaven. He will come again because he loves us. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! We praise Jesus, who came as a baby and will come again at the end of time. Alleluia! Jesus is coming!
Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, © 2004, CRC Publications. CCLI #2805616
**Congregational Praise Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - LUYH #80 Of the Father’s Love Begotten– LUYH #78 Confession of Faith: from Irenaeus’ Against Heresies (ca. AD 130-200)
For this reason the Word of God became man and the Son of God became the son of man in order that man, being mingled with the Word of God and being granted adoption should become the son of God… This same Son of God, therefore, who is our Lord and the existing Word of the Father is also son of man. He was born like other men, born of Mary, who was herself of human stock and a member of the human race, and so he became the son of man.
It was for this reason that the Lord gave a sign here below and in heaven above that man had not asked for. Man had neither hoped that a virgin could be with child and bear a son, although she was a virgin; nor that this child would be God with us, coming down to the earth below in search of the sheep that was lost… This same Lord himself became the first-fruits of the resurrection of man, so that the resurrection of the head should mean the resurrection of the rest of the body, and that every man alive should rise again on completion of the time of the punishment, which his disobedience had earned. For the body in its varied joints and ligaments grows up and is strengthened by God’s aid, and each of the members has its appropriate fitting place in the body…. When, therefore, man fell, God was generous in mercy, since he foresaw the victory which would be his through the agency of the Word. For because his power was made perfect in weakness, he displayed the kindness of God and the greatness of his power. Silent Prayer of Confession **Congregational Praise Doxology My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout- LUYH #69 Pastoral Prayer Lighting of Advent Candle: The Candle of Love **Congregational Praise In Christ Alone - PowerPoint The Ministry of the Word “God is Immanent” - Matthew 1:23 Silent Prayers of Dedication **Congregational Praise Holy Child - PowerPoint Tithes and Offerings Mary Did You Know? Benediction Prayer
Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, © 2004, CRC Publications. CCLI #2805616
Prelude **Call to Worship Let us praise our Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! At Christmas Jesus came as a baby. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! He came to be like us because he loves us. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! He came to save us from our sin. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! He died, rose from the dead, and lives in heaven. He will come again because he loves us. Alleluia! Jesus is coming! We praise Jesus, who came as a baby and will come again at the end of time. Alleluia! Jesus is coming!
Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, © 2004, CRC Publications. CCLI #2805616
**Congregational Praise Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - LUYH #80 Of the Father’s Love Begotten– LUYH #78 Confession of Faith: from Irenaeus’ Against Heresies (ca. AD 130-200)
For this reason the Word of God became man and the Son of God became the son of man in order that man, being mingled with the Word of God and being granted adoption should become the son of God… This same Son of God, therefore, who is our Lord and the existing Word of the Father is also son of man. He was born like other men, born of Mary, who was herself of human stock and a member of the human race, and so he became the son of man.
It was for this reason that the Lord gave a sign here below and in heaven above that man had not asked for. Man had neither hoped that a virgin could be with child and bear a son, although she was a virgin; nor that this child would be God with us, coming down to the earth below in search of the sheep that was lost… This same Lord himself became the first-fruits of the resurrection of man, so that the resurrection of the head should mean the resurrection of the rest of the body, and that every man alive should rise again on completion of the time of the punishment, which his disobedience had earned. For the body in its varied joints and ligaments grows up and is strengthened by God’s aid, and each of the members has its appropriate fitting place in the body…. When, therefore, man fell, God was generous in mercy, since he foresaw the victory which would be his through the agency of the Word. For because his power was made perfect in weakness, he displayed the kindness of God and the greatness of his power. Silent Prayer of Confession **Congregational Praise Doxology My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout- LUYH #69 Pastoral Prayer Lighting of Advent Candle: The Candle of Love **Congregational Praise In Christ Alone - PowerPoint The Ministry of the Word “God is Immanent” - Matthew 1:23 Silent Prayers of Dedication **Congregational Praise Holy Child - PowerPoint Tithes and Offerings Mary Did You Know? Benediction Prayer
